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11th Kosrae State Legislative Bills

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L.B. No. 11-01

To appropriate the sum of $27,250 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the 2015 Inaugural Ceremony; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-02

To further amend Title 9 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 9.202 thereof, to amend the sale tax for certain goods and to add new Section 9.204 to expand scope of sales tax on tobacco products.

L.B. No. 11-03

To further amend Title 9 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 9.201 thereof, to require payment of sales tax to be made after actual sale of a taxable goods; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-04

To appropriate the amount of $5,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide payment for the settlement between Kosrae State Government and Mrs. Betsy-Rose Mongkeya; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-05

To further amend Title 3 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 3.1108 thereof, for the purpose to make it mandatory that a voter cast vote for the required number of Senators representing an electoral district or municipality; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-06

To amend Title 18 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Chapter 8, as amended by S.L. No. 9-48, for the purpose of establishing a new Reduction in Force Assistance Program; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-07

To amend Title 10 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 10.205 thereof, to establish the Land Administration Fund; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-08

To appropriate the amount of $25,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of contributing funds to the Pacific Island Development Bank (PIDB); and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-09

To amend Title 17 of the Kosrae State Code by amending Section 17.204 thereof, to increase the vehicle registration fees; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-10

To further amend Title 18 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 18.408 thereof, to require public service employees to retire at the age of sixty (60); and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-11

To further amend Title 17 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 17.305 thereof, to require a fee for written examination for driver license; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-12

To appropriate the sum of $3,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to subsidize the fourth pay period of fiscal year 2015 for the Division of Land Administration under the Department of Resources and Economic Affairs; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-13

To appropriate the sum of $50,000 from the FSM Congress fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding Tourism Development Framework project in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-14

To appropriate the amount of $3,500 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the annual Close-Up Program to be held in Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-15

To appropriate the amount of $22,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for the 2015 Inaugural ceremony, recently held on February 12, 2015; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-16

To amend Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code at Section 7.102 and add a new Chapter 9 to create a new governing board to be called the Tradition and Culture Board and to renumber the existing Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and Sections of each Chapters to reflect numbering sequence of the new Chapters; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-17

To appropriate the sum of $173,095 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the project for Improvement of Education Enviornment for Malem Elementary School; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-18

To appropriate the sum of $3,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to subsidize the fifth pay period of fiscal year 2015 for the Division of Land Administration under the Department of Resources and Economic Affairs; and for other.

L.B. No. 11-19

To appropriate the sum of $1,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 Kosrae Cultural Day; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-20

To appropriate the sum of $1,500,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for the Kosrae Priority Infrastructure Projects; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-21

To appropriate the sum of $50,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding certain projects and programs in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-22

To appropriate the sum of $15,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 Oral Health Workforce Activities Program; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-23

To appropriate the sum of $200 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 Kosrae Cultural Day; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-24

To appropriate the sum of $2,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 Kosrae Tobacco Control Program; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-25

To appropriate the sum of $4,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the Kosrae Community Health Intervention Program; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-26

To appropriate the sum of $2,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to subsidize the June 6, 2015 Commemoration in Malem Municipality; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-27

To appropriate the sum of $51,190.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 Strategic Prevention Framework Partership For Success (SPF-PFS) Program; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-28

To appropriate the sum of $10,216,452 from the Amended Compact Fund; the sum of $1,835,250 from the State Revenue Fund; the sum of $1,029,364 from the United States Grant Fund; and the sum of $50,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, for all branches of the Kosrae State Government, its agencies and various programs; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-29

 To amend Title 5 of the Kosrae State Code, be amending Section 5.501 thereof, as amended by State Law Nos. 5-198, 6-132, 7-190, 7-247, 9-26 and 10-112, for the purpose to specify that the annual salary of a Director of a Department shall be established in the annual budget law for Kosrae State Government; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-30

To appropriate the sum of $2,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the July 2015 Liberation Celebration in the Utwe Municipality; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-31

To appropriate the sum of $500 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of supplementing the funding for the students who will be attending the Japan Exchange Program in June and July of this year; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-32

To appropriate the sum of $692,067 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Kosrae Community Health Center Program.

L.B. No. 11-33

To appropriate the sum of $8,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the Abstinence Education Program.

L.B. No. 11-34

To appropriate the sum of $1,520 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction/World Food Day; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-35

To appropriate the sum of $585.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for the Junior Tennis Association participation in the 2015 NQT Tournament scheduled for June 15-1 19, in Guam; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-36

To amend Title 18 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 18.608 thereof, as amended by State Law Nos. 8-117 and 10-142, for the purpose of granting administrative leave to all state employees who volunteer to donate blood; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-37

To appropriate the sum of $10,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund 3rd and 4th Quarter payments per settlement agreement between the State and Ms. Besty-Rose Mongkeya; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-38

To amend Kosrae State Law No. 11-09 at title and Section 1 thereof to correct technical discrepancies, thereby adjusting appropriation amount from $22,000 to $20,000; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-39

To appropriate and amount of $16,496.80 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the procurment of the Tofol Central Landfill Weigh Scale.

L.B. No. 11-40

To amend title and Section 1 of Kosrae State Law No. 11-03 to correct technical discrepancies, thereby adjusting appropriation amount from $8,050 to $8,650; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-41

To further amend State Law No. 10-134 to de-approriate $15,500 from the personnel budget of Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-42

To appropriate $6,500 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the 2015 Kosrae Referendum.

L.B. No. 11-43

To appropriate an amount of $5,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Mangrove Sedimentation Erosion Table Monitoring Project; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-44

To amend Title 9 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 9.201 thereof, to enlarge the time sellers pays tax on goods arrived in the State from 60 days to 90 days; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-45

To appropriate the amount of $2,810.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the two staff from the Public Auditors to attend the APIPA Conference scheduled for the first week of August 2015 in Guam, and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-46

Establishing the Fourth Kosrae State Constitutional Convention; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-47

To amend Section 2 of Kosrae State Law No. 11-11 to change the amounts allocated for the projects titled "Tropical Water Facility" and "TBD Projects" numbered at projects 2 and 9, respectively; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-48

To appropriate the sum of $999.30 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to subsidize the August 6, 2015 commemoration in Tafunsak Municipality; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-49

To appropriate the sum of $25,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the 4th Kosrae Constitutional Convention; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-50

To amend Section 6.201 of Title 6 of the Kosrae State Code and Sections 11.604 and 11.605 of Title 11 of the Kosrae State Code to implement the constitutional mandate under Article XI, Section 9 of the Kosrae State Constitution prohibiting transfer of land above the Japanese line until and unless a procedure of transfer is established by law; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-51

To further amend Title 9 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 9.201 thereof, as amended, to provide a sales tax free for the duration of one year to newly established businesses in Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-52

To further amend Section 2.501 of Title 2 of the Kosrae State Code, as amended by State Law Nos. 4-32, 7-27 and 7-241, by amending the municipal days of June 6, July 20, August 6 and January 18, as new legal holidays to be observed by Kosrae State Government; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-53

To amend Title 11 of the Kosrae State Code, by adding a new Chapter 19, entitled "Control of Plastic Wastes" to prohibit the use of plastic bags in the sale or distribution of merchandise; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-54

To amend Title 12 and Title 13 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Chapter 14 of Title 12 and Sections 13.516 and 13.517 of Title 13, as amended, to establish the requirement of a drinking permit for alcholic drinks, a fee for its issuance and penalty of infraction of such requirement; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-55

To repeal Chapter 1 entitled "Kosrae State Revenue Administrtion Act of 2011" and Chapter 2 entitled "Value Added Tax Act of 2012" of Title 9 of the Kosrae State Code due to the repealed of the FSM Unified Revenue Authority by FSM Congress; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-56

To amend Title 2 of the Kosrae State Code, by adding a new Chapter 10 to regulate the use of government vehicles; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-57

To amend Title 12 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 12.1602 thereof, to clarify the defination of the phrase "enclosed areas"; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-58

To amend Title 2 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 2.901 thereof, to improve legal practice and provision of legal services in Kosrae State; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-59

To amend Title 10 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 10.205 thereof, as amended, to  establish an Environmental Management and Restoration Revolving Fund and a Protected Areas Revolving Fund to finance the enforcement and adminstration of enviornmental laws and regulation and the conservation and management of protected areas respectively; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-60

To amend Title 5 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 5.501 thereof, as amended by State Law Nos. 5-198, 6-132, 7-247, 9-26 and 10-112, for the purpose to improve compensation of cabinet members who have attained Doctor of Philosophy degree; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-61

To appropriate the sum of $5,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing funding assistance for the 2015 September 8th Liberation; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-62

To further amend Section 2 of Kosrae State Law No. 11-11, as amended by State Law No. 11-29, to eliminate the projects titled :TBD" numbered at project 9 and to further allocate funds previously under TBD projects to specific project; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-63

To further amend State Law No. 10.134, as amended by State Law Nos. 10-150 and 11-25, by amending Title and Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 thereof, to de-appropriate the sum of $10,320 previously appropirated to fund the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-64

To appropriate the sum of $5,320.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the September 2015 Kosrae State Leadership Conference; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-65

To amend Title 10 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 10.303 thereof, by adding a new subsection (6) to grant the Governor, Speaker and Chief Justice the discretion of reprogramming of public funds appropriated for the operation of each respective branch of government; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-66

To amend State Law No. 10-107, by amending Section 2 thereof, to change the use and/or apportionment of the fund appropriated for Tafunsak Municipality; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-67

To amend Title 19, by adding a new Chapter 10 for the purpose to establish the Research, Access and Benefit Sharing Act; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-68

To amend Title 11, by adding a new Chapter 9 for the purpose of establish the Kosrae Resource Royalty Act; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-69

To appropriate the amount of $3,160 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 International Day for Disaster Reduction.

L.B. No. 11-70

To amend State Law Nos. 8-46, 8-234, 8-17, 9-15, 9-63, 9-81, 9-140, 10-109, 10-113, and 10-143, by further amending Title 10 of the Kosrae State Code at Section 10.205(1) thereof, to create a revolving fund of the Tobacco Coalition from funds collected from fees and fines from tobacco related offenses in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-71

To appropriate the amount of $2,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing meeting allowance for the price control commission; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-72

To amend State Law No. 10-149 by amending Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code at Section 7.1704(4) thereof, to allow members of the price control commission to be compensated at rate set by law when actually attending meeting of the commission.

L.B. No. 11-73

To appropriate the sum of $800.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing funding assistance for the Special Election to be held in the Malem Municipal Government on November 3, 2015; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-74

To appropirate the amount of $1,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the Lelu General Election on November 3, 2015; and for other puroses.

L.B. No. 11-75

To amend Title 13 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 13.703 thereof, by adding a new subsection (23) to require school bus drivers to park in the middle of the primary road during discharging or reciving of students, and to renumber subsequent subsections, and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-76

To repeal Chapter 9 entitled "State Lawyers" of Title 2 of the Kosrae State Code; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-77

To further amend Title 2 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 2.901 thereof, to require the Legal Counsel or Staff Attorney for the Kosrae State Court to meet the same qualifications prescribed by law for State Lawyers, and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-78

To appropriate the sum of $2,000 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 Kosrae Senior Citizens Day.

L.B. No. 11-79

To appropriate the sum of $15,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the day to day operations of the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC); and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-80

To amend Kosrae State Code at Title 6 to remove the Kosrae State Court's authority to grant divorces and to recognize judgements of divorce from foreign jurisdictions and to delete other references to divorce; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-81

To amend S.L. No. 11-33 to allow local revenue to support personnel cost of defunded non-degreed teachers and other defunded personnel in the State; reconcile budgets approved in S.L. No. 11-33 with recently available Amended Compact Grant Awards; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-82

To appropriate the sum of $1,500 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for the Kosrae High School Basketball Team "Worriors" participating in the Varsity Basketball Tournamnet, in Pohnpei on December 19-31, 2015; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-83

To appropriate the sum of $10,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide final payment for the settlement between the Kosrae State Government and Mrs. Betsy-Rose Mongkeya; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-84

To amend the Kosrae State Code at Title 11 to add a new section to provide for the recognition of conditions to traditional transfer of land; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-85

To amend Title 13 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 13.609 thereof, to expand the application of the offense of insulting a police officer and to ascalate the offense of category two misdemeanor; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-86

To further amend Title 5, by amending Section 5.501 thereof, to improve the salary of cabinet members providing professional services or possessing a doctoral degree; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-87

To amend Title 14 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Sections 14.104 and 14.106 thereof, to amend the port and dock fees and to repeal Section 14.108 thereof, and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-88

To further amend Title 2, by amending Section 2.901(2)(b) thereof, to expand the period for a lawyer to become admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia from one year to two years; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-89

To amend Title 6, by amending Sections 6.2201, 6.2312, 6.2314 and 6.3105 thereof, to repeal Chapter 32 of Title 6 and Chapter 3 of Title 16 in their entirety for the purpose to ban the right and exercise of divorce or annulment of marriage in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-90

To amend Title 13 of the Kosrae State Code, by adding a new Section 13.560 for the purpose of prohibiting spitting of betel nut juice on public places and areas surounding such public places; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-91

To amend Title 13 of the Kosrae State Code, by adding Sections 13.712 and Section 13.713, for the purpose of require operator and passengers of a motor vehicle to wear seat belts; to prohibit passenger to sit on the gate of the back of a motor vehicle, respecttively; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-92

To amend Title 15 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 302 thereof, to nullify and statutory provisions or act in conflict with the Kosrae Foreign Investment Act, and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-93

To appropriate the sum of $7,182.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the 2015 "Books in Schools for Kids to Read" project.

L.B. No. 11-94

To appropriate the sum of $700.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the activities of the 2015 APIL.

L.B. No. 11-95

To amend title 2 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 2.501 thereof, as amended by SL Nos. 4-32, 7-27, 7-76 and 7-241, to include Senior Citizen Day, October 1st, as part of government holidays; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-96

To appropriate the sum of $20,836 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Kosrae Youth Development Association (KYDA) sub-program of the 2016 Strategic Prevention Framework - Partership For Success (SPF-PFS)

L.B. No. 11-97

To appropriate the sum of $7,497 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Medical Reserve Corps/Citizen Volunteer Corps (MRC/CVC) project of the 2016 Strategic Prevention Framework - Partership For Success (SPF-PFS)

L.B. No. 11-98

To appropriate the sum of $6,336 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Lelu Youth Summer Retreat Program (LYSRP) sub-program of the 2016 Strategic Prevention Framework - Partership For Success (SPF-PFS)

L.B. No. 11-99

To appropriate the sum of $4,572 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Lelu Youth Association (LYA) project of the 2016 Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnership For Success (SPF-PFS).

L.B. No. 11-100

To appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to contribute to the 2016 June 6th Memorial Holiday and related celebrations and activities of the Malem community; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-101

To amend Title 9, of the Kosrae State Code, at Chapter 3 to increase the percent imposed on transaction tax; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-102

To appropriate the amount of $90,473 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the activities of "The Project for Renovation of Baseball Ground in Kosrae State".

L.B. No. 11-103

To amend Title 10 of the Kosrae State Code by creating a new chapter 8 to require that all agreements or commitments requring appropriation(s) from the Funds of the Treasury shall require the consent of the Kosrae State Legislature.

L.B. No. 11-104

To amend Kosrae State Code, Title 10, Chapter 2, by adding a new subsection 10.205(l)(n) by allowing a portion of the fines paid for traffic offenses to be retained by the Division of Public Safety for the purpose of equipment purchase and repair and uniform/personnel equipment purchase, fuel purchase and training allowances; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-105

To further amend Title 5, Chapter 5 at Section 5.501 thereof, to provide cabinet members possessing doctoral degree to receive an improved salary; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-106

To further amend Title 17, Chapter 2 at Sections 17.201, 17-204 and 17.207 thereof, to set the month of January as the month for annual vehicle regsistration for the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-107

To amend Title 10 of the Kosrae State Code, by amending Section 10.205 thereof, to establish a Protected Areas Fund for the purpose of financing the conservation and management of protected areas in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

L.B. No. 11-108

To establish a new Title 21 of the Kosrae State Code, to prepare, support and organize for Kosrae's participation in international amateur competitions; and for other purposes.